Legal Opinion

Williams v. Mierzejewski

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 24, 2010No. 10-2022PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

Yusef Williams, a Wisconsin state inmate, appeals from the grant of summary judgment in his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that two prison officials violated his First Amendment and due process rights by improperly intercepting his outgoing mail. We affirm.

Williams is an inmate at the Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin. Bret Mierzejewski is a correctional officer at WCI, and Bruce Muraski is both a captain at WCI and a certified gang specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Mierzejewski and Muraski began monitoring Williams’s mail in July 2002 because they…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Thornburgh v. AbbottSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Shango v. JurichCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  4. Robert Westefer, Mark Vonperbandt, Allejandro Villazana v. Donald Snyder, Odie Washington, Michael v. NealCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  5. Guajardo-Palma v. MartinsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Aref v. HolderDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
  2. Scott v. ConleyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
  3. Aref v. HolderDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
  4. Bounds v. PaulDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2020
  5. Compton v. TolerDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2022

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